turndown uses _ by default for emphasis (italic text), but this doesn't work within a word.
Bru<em>ss</em>el<em>s</em> is spelled with 3 <em>s</em>'s.
Rendered:
Brussels is spelled with 3 s's.
Converted to markdown:
Bru_ss_el_s_ is spelled with 3 _s_'s.
Markdown rendered with CommonMark:
Bru_ss_els is spelled with 3 s's.
The problem is that CommonMark only recognizes underscores at word boundaries. To make emphasis work in the above situation, * should be used by default, which CommonMark recognizes even within a word:
turndown uses
_by default for emphasis (italic text), but this doesn't work within a word.Rendered:
Brussels is spelled with 3 s's.
Converted to markdown:
Markdown rendered with CommonMark:
Bru_ss_els is spelled with 3 s's.
The problem is that CommonMark only recognizes underscores at word boundaries. To make emphasis work in the above situation,
*should be used by default, which CommonMark recognizes even within a word: